Religion in Contemporary America

Student Book Reviews

Please Note: The following reviews of various books are the work of students in Religion in Contemporary America at Rutgers University-Camden Campus. Consequently the content, ideas, observations, etc. are those of the students. As such they do not necessarily represent the opinions of the instructor, the Dept. of Religion or the University. Please contact the individual students if you'd like to make comments, suggestions, express that you agree or disagree with a review or just say th at you found it interesting! Thanks.


Review of Margot Adler, Drawing Down the Moon Boston : Beacon Press, 1986. Reviewed by Amy Bittner.

Review of Leonard J. Arrington & Davis Bitton, The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-day Saints New York: Knopf, 1979. Reviewed by Hali DeRouanna.

Review of Dianne Ashton, Rebecca Gratz: Women and Judaism in Antebellum America Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1997.
Reviewed by Mandy Louderback.

Review of Randall Balmer, Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory New York : Oxford University Press, 1993. Reviewed by Michele Koszarek.

Review of Karen McCarthy Brown, Mama Lola : A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn Berkeley : University of California Press, 1991. Reviewed by Madeline Fitzgerald.

Review of James H. Cone, Martin & Malcom & America: A Dream or A Nightmare Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1991.
Reviewed by LeAnn Poole.

Review of Harvey Cox, Fire From Heaven : The Rise of Pentecostal Spirituality and the Reshaping of Religion in the Twenty-first Century Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub., 1995. Reviewed by Jessica Deal

Review of Stephen J. Dubner, Turbulent Souls: A Catholic Son's Return to His Jewish Family New York: William Morrow and Company, 1998.
Reviewed by Jamie Christie.

Review of Mattias Gardell, In the Name of Elijah Muhammad: Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam Durham: Duke UP, 1996 Reviewed by Andrea Carr.

Review of Richard Lischer, The Preacher King : Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Word that Moved America New York : Oxford University Press, 1995. Reviewed by Hiram Rosa

Review of Robert Peel, Health and Medicine in the Christian Science Tradition New York: Crossroads, 1988. Reviewed by Allyson Petronis.

Review of Marla N. Powers, Oglala Women, Myth, Ritual, and Reality Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1986. Reviewed by Karen Cisario.

Review of Charles S. Prebish, American Buddhism North Scituate, Mass. : Duxbury Press, 1979 Reviewed by Lisa Martz

Review of E. Allen Richardson, East Comes West: Asian Religions and Cultures in North America New York: Pilgrim Press, 1985.
Reviewed by Amrita Mohanty.

Review of Sonsyrea Tate, Little X: Growing Up in the Nation of Islam San Francisco: HarperSanfrancisco, 1997.
Reviewed by Danae Bloise.


 

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